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Vegreville Psychic Fair and Market
Vegreville Psychic Fair and Market
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
New to Vegreville was the Vegreville Psychic Fair and Market at Vegreville Centennial Library on October 14.
When asked, Coordinator Carmen Bruce answered, “I had 25 vendors altogether and had a waiting list of about five or six. I brought in a Moss Mosaic Workshop and a free Halloween Cookie Decorating for the kids from Carter’s Creations Bakery in Wetaskiwin which was courtesy of the Vegreville Centennial Library. I personally offered free glitter tattoos for the kids as I really felt it was important to make this event family friendly. I encouraged everyone to dress up and had prize draws for those that did, as well as, a public prize draw.
There was food available for sale from Crave Appetite at the site.
The vendors came from all over! Leduc, Edmonton, Vilna, St. Albert, Lloydminister, Lamont, Fort Saskatchewan, and a couple from Vegreville.
This event was a huge success with a steady flow of approximately 400 attendees coming in and out all day.
My main objective on the day was to make sure everyone was taken care of and I take my hosting duties very seriously!
The highlights of the fair is just feeling the electric energy. It was such a party atmosphere, such a safe environment for people to be seen and heard and validated. I loved seeing people stay to eat and chit chat and enjoy themselves.
The readers were phenomenal and I could hear many conversations on how moved people were by their experiences.
I am grateful to everyone who supported my venture.”
At the event, when questioned, a Psychic Medium Valerie Matlock explained, “The best reading comes when you are open, willing, and wanting to allow me to connect with you.
The way I predict a person’s future is I read aura cards and I read them intuitively. I am doing three card readings today: past, present and future. So, I would just look at the third card you felt was good for you for your future card and tell you what I am feeling about it.
I also am doing a bit of mediumship today which is communicating with people who have passed away. This is harder to do in a big crowd. But I am getting some hits today.”
At another booth, Christine Rutherford and Jen Lowe were the vendors for Two Girls Jewelry Deals. Rutherford commented, “Our products go with the theme of this event because we restore vintage jewelry and a lot of our pieces have a spirit connection or you can feel who owned them. We really focus on healing jewelry. So, we have chakra, gemstone and other jewelry that do this.”
In the library meeting room, Moss Artist Sarah Beckett was giving a Moss Mosaic Workshop where she mentioned, “Participants are creating real plants that are preserved in glycerol center watering for eight plus years.
This fits in with the theme of this fair because they can incorporate stones and other things related to this. Doing this craft is also very grounding.”
